CVE-2015-6565

Description

sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41173/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05131085

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033917

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76497

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1

http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/26/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3